How to install and setup GitLab Community Edition on Ubuntu

GitLab is an open source web based Git repository manager with features similar to GitHub like wiki, issue tracking. GitLab CE lets developers host a Gitlab instance on their own servers that lets developers store source code on their own private server that gives them more freedom, and lets them choose the type of hardware they prefer to serve this purpose, GitLab also is a cost effective solution to other Enterprise options like GitHub. GitLab also offers hosted GitLab for developers that prefer GitLab and don’t feel the need to host their own version of GitLab, The hosted GitLab comes with a limit of 1GB per repository.

The higher specification your system will have the better GitLab will perform.

GitLab requirements

“` sudo apt-get install openssh-server postfix -y “`

– Once the packages are installed you will be greeted by a `postfix` setup screen that will ask you for a hostname, you can choose the host name you prefer. - Downloading the pre-composed GitLab CE debian package. - - If you are using `Wget` go ahead.